"elfu" meaning in Swahili

See elfu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-elfu.flac [Kenya] Forms: maelfu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|أَلْف|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf), {{bor+|sw|ar|أَلْف}} Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} elfu, {{sw-noun|ma}} elfu (ma class, plural maelfu)
  1. thousand Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-elfu-sw-noun-oK86SM-t

Numeral

Audio: Sw-ke-elfu.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|ar|أَلْف|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf), {{bor+|sw|ar|أَلْف}} Borrowed from Arabic أَلْف (ʔalf) Head templates: {{head|sw|numeral|invariable|head=elfu}} elfu (invariable), {{sw-numeral|inv}} elfu (invariable)
  1. thousand Tags: invariable Categories (topical): Swahili cardinal numbers
    Sense id: en-elfu-sw-num-oK86SM-t Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for elfu meaning in Swahili (2.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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